Commissioner urges Pac-12 fans to drop DirecTV

CULVER CITY – The Pac-12 Networks and DirecTV are still "no closer to a deal" to bring the sports network to the nation's largest satellite provider in 2013, Commissioner Larry Scott said at Friday's Pac-12 Media Day.

The two sides have been at an impasse since the network's launch last August, with the situation becoming contentious enough that Scott urged Pac-12 fans to cancel DirecTV and switch to one of the many providers that carry the network.

"Unfortunately, it's become clear they don't intend to take the networks this year," Scott said, "and with a month to go before the launching of the football season, we want our fans to know that, because we've got ample opportunities with other distributors to carry the networks."

Scott reiterated in front of a packed crowd of reporters at Sony Studios that DirecTV was offered a distribution deal similar to the 50-plus other distributors that carry the Pac-12 Network. But optimism is diminishingthat a deal will ever get done with the two sides locked in a stalemate.